Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] is the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , the chief finance officer of a local authority has a duty to report to councillors and auditors if he or she believes there is the possibility of the authority incurring unlawful expenditure ( Local Government Finance Act 1988 : clause 14 ) . |
| 2 | It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days . |
| 3 | Well , the unit that we use there is the light year , which is the distance that light can travel in one year , and the nearest stars are about a light year away . |
| 4 | The word book in The book that he gave me is the antecedent of that . |
| 5 | ‘ When he is standing in front of me and I know he is the person who has taken my daughter away — that is when it will be hard . |
| 6 | I come back to Stuart and I said it is the second of November is n't it ? |
| 7 | He said : ‘ It 's the best legal advice I can give and I believe it is the right advice . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And I believe he is the man who can win it for us at Elland Road . |
| 9 | I mean and I think it is the lack of the regulate the er the regulatory control of city actions , I mean one of the points that we 've been recently been advised on is that one of the city institutions which has already been er fined , er from its London office on a technicality is in effect the New York and London offices are deemed to be one entity and I think that er what we 've been advised is that erm I forget the phrase , I wrote it down here somewhere , that what we would be advised to do is to take action against that particular city institution in New York , because that er it is deemed that the London and New York actions are in fact one and that the that er what in fact the er and I think the f yes , there it is , that , that in a way though what we 've been advised is that the basis of that action would be that the organisations London and New York operations are essentially the same operation and bound by a strict know your customer rule as mandated by U S Securities Law , you know . |
| 10 | and you think he is the person from best able to say whose work is in this brochure ? |
| 11 | Mother says someone put the letters in Father 's desk , and she thinks it is the man who got Father 's job . |
| 12 | If you ask what is the worst that might foreseeably happen , the answer at the start of 1991 is bleaker than for many years past . |
| 13 | If you think it is the wrong amount , you have a right of appeal , within three months of being told the amount to an independent Social Security Appeal Tribunal . |
| 14 | You are far more likely to use a method regularly and properly if you feel it is the right one for you . |
| 15 | ‘ The settlement is the result of two days intensive negotiations and we believe it is the best obtainable in the Royal Bank in the present climate . ’ |
| 16 | Jaguar 's appearance and condition belie her age and we believe she is the only Swan 65 sloop in the market . |
| 17 | For his part , Mr Major , who feels the isolation from people that is an inevitable consequence of his position , is pleased to have contact , even if it means he is the occasional target of thrown eggs . |
| 18 | If it is simply that ‘ our heritage is our power ’ , and women gain strength today by looking to their sisters in the past , if what interests her is the vision of an equality between women and men , Schüssler Fiorenza might well be better advised to look to other communities in the ancient Near East . |
| 19 | Yes , but I mean there is the point of course that how , how did mothers cope before we had television , I mean there 's |
| 20 | But I expect it is the effects of expatriation . |
| 21 | I think for a lot of people , yes , it does , and though the pile of bricks obviously comes under Art with a capital A , crafts perhaps has not suffered quite as much , but I think there is the feeling amongst people that if they get a pot which is , shall we say non-function and wo n't pour , then is it art or craft ? |
| 22 | Of course , there is a left and right side to that stream , but I think it is the left side of the stream which is broadening . ’ |
| 23 | The Danish international has been linked with a move to Arsenal , but I understand it is the Saints who have made the most serious move to his Italian club , Pisa . |
| 24 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 25 | Stanley can see through Blanche 's lies and deception but what annoys him is the pretence that Blanche puts on pretending to be better than him and taunting him by calling him a ‘ Polak ’ . |
| 26 | Erm , I 'd like to , I 'm glad you picked up the children looked after by the local authority , but what bothers me is the children in families that are causing concern rather than for those that are actually erm , in care . |
| 27 | My top objective is to get on board because I believe she is the best person for the job . |
| 28 | Teachers should be active when in the shop and approach the learners ; sometimes the learner holds back because she feels she is the only one with difficulties . |
| 29 | ANC leaders decided to take on Gqozo because they figure he is the easiest to topple . |
| 30 | Parents have such a duty independently of this Act , and only because they have it is the Act justified . |